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Towards Darkness

2008, Movie, R, 92 mins

TOWARDS DARKNESS | HACIA LA OSCURIDAD
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Colombian-born writer-director Antonio Negret's kidnapping thriller tackles the same subject matter as Hollywood's big-budget, star driven PROOF OF LIFE (2000). But it's a grittier and more viscerally affecting film, despite its arty flashback/flashforward structure and a couple of plot twists too many. Jose Gutierrez (Roberto Urbina, of TV's Gilmore Girls), isn't from a famous, politically connected or rich family – his father, Carlos (Tony Plana, of TV's Ugly Betty), is... read more leave a comment
The son of a Colombian banker, photographer Jos (Roberto Urbina) lives abroad in New York. While visiting his family back home for the Christmas holidays, he is reunited with a streetwise old flame (America Ferrera) and reacquainted with the casual violence that mars his country. Within days of his return, Jos is beaten and kidnapped, his captors demanding an exorbitant ransom from his parents. Aware that the local police would do more harm than good, Jose's frantic parents enlist the aid of a covert American special operations team to recover their son alive. Jose's father (Tony Plana) is soon forced to make an unsavory deal with a Colombian warlord in order to secure the million-dollar payment. Meanwhile, Jose remains bound, gagged and blindfolded in an abandoned warehouse in the rainforest, contemplating what he assumes is his imminent murder. The lives and backstories of various characters converge in a slick non-linear narrative that humanizes each one: from the rescuer (David S
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Length: 01:43
Posted: 7/16/2008
Deals with 90 minutes in a kidnapped hostage's life, and the frustration his family, a special ops team, and a man in charge of delivering the ransom money all feel as they rush to save him.
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Length: 01:33:00
Posted: 7/26/2009
Deals with 90 minutes in a kidnapped hostage's life, and the frustration his family, a special ops team, and a man in charge of delivering the ransom money all feel as they rush to save him.
Paid | Amazon Video on Demand
Length: 01:33:00
Posted: 7/26/2009
Year: 2008
Rated R

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Cast
America Ferrera: Luiza Montero
Roberto Urbina: Jose Gutierrez
Tony Plana: Carlos Gutierrez
David Sutcliffe: Charlie Bain
William Atherton: John King
Cameron Daddo: Victor Ramis

 

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